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CASINO THEATRE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
January 24 and 25
““--h, Wide and
Handsome
Starrinf IRENE DUNNE RAN
DOLPH SCOTT, DOROTHY LA-
IflOUE «nd BEN BLUE
Golden-voiced Irene Donne, dash
ing Randolph Scott, heading a cant
THE SPORTS
CHATTERBOX
— By —
TENCH OWENS
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C.
UP-SE-DAISYl
THURSDAY, jANUARY 24, 1944
They say the urge to fiffht, the de- j
sire for physical contact, is in all of
us. In Japan, when that urj^e be
comes particularly strong, they simp
ly let off Steam by swiping big hunks
of China. Over here we are con
strained by our government, and
must resort to the slightly more civi-j
of thouaaiida in tke.jiigKtteat. qf going'out
a4Trntiir,-n»liK< of lliom ,11. An-u^^u boxing. |
olhor thrilling triumph «t ugulniU ,„„,e,hing thriiling about
background of such splendor, such
spectacle, such beauty as the screen
has never seen before.
“News of the Day.”
10 A. M. Show—MONDAY.
10c and 2!>c
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
January 2H and 27
“The Barrier”
I the sight of two young fellows, with
i splendid physiques, going for each
1 other..aggre3sively and skillfully with
i gloves swinging. In contrast, though,
nothing is more boring than to see a
couple of timid college boxers njpr-
[vously tij)-toe through three rounds
of cautious glove pushing without so
'much a.s landing one .solid punch dur-
! irig the entire bout. Thu.s, college box-
i ing can reach the superlative in fast.
rtorv bv Kex Beach. Starring LKo'<-l‘'a». exciting sport, or it cari hit
the bottom as far as entertainment
for the spt*ctator3 or competition for
the iiurticipant.s is concerned. Fortu-
( AKILI.D. JEAN PARKER. J AMES
EI.I.ISON and ANDY CLYDE.
The most thrilling love story of the
ma'^ter story teller flames to life »>n
the screen! Gold-mad ^ ukon days li\e
again in pulse-pounding action and
surging rf»mance, against a back-
natcly, however, the [ire.sent tendency
seems lo be toward the former.
I*, r.’s famed warrior.<t of the ring
have fought some <“pic battles in the
Death Claiini__-;
Aged Woman
Mrs. A. C. Bennett Passes At
Home of Niece In Goldville.
Interment Yesterday After
noon At Roc^y Springfs.
Mrs. Octavia McQuown Bennett,
76, widow of the late A. XI. Bennett,
for a number of years a resident of
thi splace, died Tuesday at the home
,of her niece, Mrs. J. R. Sloan, in
Goldville following a - week's—pnen*^
hionia illness. ,
Funeral services were conducted
partment of the orphanage, under the
capable management of Miss Cather
ine Wilson.
F. M. Stutts, Secretary.
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 from the
home of Mrs. Sloan. The rites were
in charge of Rev. E. S. Jones, Rev. «
D. E. Boozer and Rev. C. C. Vaughan.
Interment followed in the family bu
rial ground at Rocky Springs church.
Mrs. Bennett was a native of Lau
rens county, where all her life was
lived. She was the daughter the
late Edgar Young and Amanda Senn
McQuown, one of the community's
widely connected and highly regarded
families. She was a woman of many^
lovely traits of character, a devotedJp
Christip, and one who was loved Vf
those who Ifnew her. H«»r fHimAR here
and elsewhere, will leant with regret
of her passing. ^
Mrs. Bennett is survived by one
brother, J. E. McQuown, and one sis-
j ter, Mr.s. J. E. Benjamin, both of this
city
ground of awc-iu'^piring beauty in the |)iist. Marry Bolick could wield a pair
great North (■otinlr>I
*‘Rarn>ard Ross."
Extra Selected Shores.
II) M. Show M EDNESI)A V..
H e and I n-
I HIDAV '.M) SATl KDAY,
.lanii:ir\ US- and 2?l
“45 Fathers”
Rased on the '-tor> b> Mary Rickel.
jof boxing gloves probably as well as
anyone who »‘ver attended I*. G. When
he wadilleil into an opponent withj
those short. |)owerful arms lushing
out and inaking every blow eourit, it
j was jijsl too 'had .for the op|)onerit.
Hi ini-moralde^ encounters vvitb Ahc
i renowned llem y Willard of Carolina
were to college boxing in this state
what the Tunney-Hempsey fights were
I to profe-sional boxing in America.
('lark, who was
EN PASSANT
V. W.
Lydia- Mills News
Mr .and .Mrs. Forrest Benjamin ofc^
We’n* “off” again this -week on' announct the birth a daugh-
f I'reshyterian eolbge,' The little girl has been given
the name, of .Merrie Carolyn. Air-.
Benjamin will he remembered here as
•Mis-; Fenelte Duckett.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Harri
|iersonalities o
and fir t on the list is Dli. MAR-
.SIIALLJSKOWN. IIi^ pet. aversion is
and did you know he
violin? This was one
y
music
pool ...
used to play th
an-
of the
found
Then there was nilT
Starring .lA.NK WIIHKICS and the good a Ixhxer as lie was a'
\ cntrihNpii-l MMMAIA.N.S. ' ' (piarter-miler (which was ph*nty [ ^ past.
Oops! There goes that \oice again! jjood). |*. C.'s most c*olorful coritribu
When Jane joinw up with the ventril-1 tjou in recent years to college hoxingi
(M|ui/.iug Hartmans, don't be surprised j ^vas Boh Sims of Rock Hill. Me was
if you Tind yourself saying it’s the „f jiie few gocsl heavyweights to
funniest picture ever! l."> millmnairesj.p (- ,i,„| a game fighter if
sign up as her guardians . . and then.^^hcre I'ver was one. .Many <'lintoniaMS
shout lor someone to protect them! “twhii hupjyeneiT to be in the gyrn that
Come<l>, “Falgar and Golialh.^’ j night several years ago will still •re-
News of the Day. inemiier how Sims outfought huge
NE\> .Sh!KIAL. "WILD M ES I , Footsie Davis from Clemson in a ter-
I)A^ S. ’ with JOHNNY M A ( K ' cifie battle.
interesting
out while
thing.s which
delving into
we; nounce the
DR. M. G. WOODWORTH
• dent); .Make a sentence with rung.
I .Student: The bell has rung.
Dr. Woodworth; Class dismissed.
RROM N.
H) A. M.
Show r-^PRl DAY.
Tl)<- amf^Joc
Fueh year I*. holds'the "Njiitra-
mural boxing tournament imimsiiatedy
follovi’iiTg mid-term eXams. .Many
DROF. CLARKNCF, FiSfl has the
(lislinctiori of being the talle.st pro-
fi'ssor on the campus. I’ROF. H. H.
BOYD hobls the title of being the
tiest dressed professor, and hi.s hobby
is pipes lie has dozens and is still
colliH-ting.
NEXT WEEK —
•TIARFY LANDING," ANNAPOLIS
SAI.FTE, THANK YOU, MR.
MOTO.”
tht
mid-term exam.s, .Many of
bouts are absolutidy funny. The
PROF. H. F. SPENCER has lots
... birth of a daughter rm
the'January U. The little girl has In-en
jnam(“(l .Setha Wendora.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Carson an-
(to stu- nounce the birth of a baby girl on
January 2' She has bt*en given tho*
name of .Mickey Ixoretta. i
Miss Nettie' Carson spent the past
week with her mother, Mrs. J. B. Car-
son, who is a patient in a Columbia j
hospital. '
The Mother’s club will hyld itsj
regular meeting Thursday evening at|
seven o'clock at the club house. All
mombers are urged to be present and
bring a friend.
Ml-: wiidiMi< .Ionic Rrown and chil-
p:
(Iren of Pelzer, spent the jiast week-
antics of^-tpme of the boys in the ring
J of new HMiCnovel ideas. One night hej,.n,j with Mr. and Mrs. Rufu.s Mill.s.
the
Broadway
Theatre
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
January 21 and 25 —
'Breakfast For Two’
cause howls iSf laughter from
gallery. Others have shown
of developing real skill as boxers.
Eidiit lioys picked up in tliese inlra-
nuiuls. Coach .Johnson has developed
many of his finest boxers.
The team this year is led by Cap-
opened his (loot; to the in-<istent ring-i Miss Stella Duckett
I ing of some visitors. Prof. Speiu-er weeks
her
promise I wearing his raincoat and offere<l j jn-law, Mr. and
the (‘xplanation
washing dishes-
-matJw .
that
- but
he
he
had b<*en
knows his
.spent two I
sister and brother-1
Mrs. h’orrest Benja-i
Starring; UARRAR.A
HKRRERT' M ARSH ALI,.' fJLENDA
EXRREI I. and ERIC RI.ORE.
'There’s lo>e in the air . . and d(H»r-
knohs t(H)! X\ h«‘n an untamed heiress
tnim Texas decides nn a certain man,
liM^k out for thrills and roiiKh stuff!
Ceme(l>. “Calling Alt Kids.’’
"RopinK ’em Ali^c.’’ Pathe News.
It) .V. M. .Show —TUESDAY.
10c and 20c
tain Ed Lambright, a vctcrati leather
.slinger. He will be ably assisted by
’’Curly” Clements, Buchan, Todd, and
Cai .son. Others one the .squad, includ-
i)ig several freshnum, are also show
ing promi.se but the team will be
minus good fighters in the heavy di-
T;VN WYCK. f. ■ ■ »u . n
Representatives from the team will
pidliably enter the Golden Gloves
touriiamimf in G/eeiiville again this
ytjaJ*. Ei\e tt-ams have been sehisluhsi,
all strong opponents: Citadid. Ibiiver-
sity of Georgia (twice), University
of .South Carolina, and Clemson.
Ip an interview with studenGs about
'ROF. H. E. STURGEON, we *.sktMl
if there were another chemistry teach
er, and the prompt answer was that
the college needed only one Sturgmin
that he was the best in the state,
and P. C. boy.s v\’ould even go so far
as to say the best south of the Mason
amiDTxon line. A haliit of his is giv
ing tests without notice.
WEDNESDAY. THI KSDAY,
Januiirv 2<t and 27
“Big Town Girl”
Starring CLAIRE TREVOR. DON-
ALD WOODK \LAN DINEII.AKT
and ALA.N RWTKR.
Xn* -ntn happen le s girl in
( hallerboxing
l-es Holden, lanky Blue Hose center,
is hecoiiiing uncanny with his high-
arching. left handed, pivot shots that
-wish through the hasket . . . Coach
.lohnson plans to begin spring foot
ball- prHCtice_jwUJiiti a few \yeeks.'
We weren’t aide to - learn much
ahout DR. .1. Jl. KENNEDY, except
that his hohhies are the New Y'ork
Times and the Democratic party.
the, hig cil>—and for this girl it all
happens at once!
“Cotton” Roswell, Greensl>oro, Ga.,[an(l
IS P.)ltH captain of the Blue Stin-kings
with Pete Holcomhe, Charleston, as
alternate . . . Clinton High’s Red IH'v-
At,-ill iilsu )ii.|d sDiing practice this
COACH UINNIK MoMll.LIAN and
.Ned Sjiarks have a lot in common.
You never see either of them with
out th(‘ir Havana weed, as JAKE
PENL.\ND woiifd-^'xpress it. ’In ad
dition to intei-est it) coaching, I>onniei
Mac likes Hi hunt. He is on a
to the lowei' part of the .staH* now
will return tomorrow.
with
Mr.
min in laiurens.
Mrs. W. Thomas and son Leo,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Thomas’
sister and “brother-Tn-law, Mr. and
Mrs. G. O. Johnson in Clinton.
Miss Dori.s Howell .spent-the past
week with her aunt and uncle, Mr. 8
and Mrs. Lee Hallew in Renno." g
Mr, and Mrs. J. W. Howell and g
children spent the week-end with Mr. i
and Mrs. U*e BaHew in Renno, I
The,-fTicmls of Airs. J. L'araoirl
are glad to learn she has improved'.^
some thi' past few days. She is a pa-jg
tient at the Baptist hospital in Co
lumbia and expects lo come home
in the next few days.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Holland, Mr.
and Mrs. E. 1,. Holland and C. Q.
Holland spent Sunday in Union.
Mr. and .Mrs. K. F. Johns sjient
Sunday in Union.
Mrs. .1. I,. Wofford and children of
Reidsville. .\'. C., spent the past w-eek
end with her daughter and son-in
j,.jpjlaw, .Mr. and Mrs. Roy Camirbcll. g
-u*
yeai
MRS. XVI LI JAM D. ADAIR, prior
to her secretarial position at the col-
lege, taught in Clinton high school
Miss Maggie Igtinhert of XVTnnsbi
ro, spent Thursday with .Mr. and .Mrs.
Mack Harris.
Norman .Caldwell left on Wednes-
Coach Wilder will probably have;and was then addressed as Miss Nar-
“The Man Who
Cried Wolf”
With I.KXXIS STONE. HARH.XRA
READ, and TOM RROXVN.
The stor> (hat made new crime his-
tor.x in the country’s police annals!
’’Pick Your Eaiorlte.”
10 X. M. Show—THURSDAY.
— -4t)c and loc-
hi-
boys out by the last of February
. . . Pitchers and catchers are work
ing out earnestly in the P. C. gym in
preparation *for defense of the state
championship. Pitchers “Ix'fty” Suggs
ami “Coon” Weldon will be sorely
missed , . . Plans are being laid for
a Clinton High baseball team this
Xi^ar. Here’s wishing them success!
cis.sa (tray. She is an
football and tennis fan.
enthu.siatic
MISS K.XT HE RENE McKEE used
to address her friends with this re
mark. “Ever been in love, ole fren’?”
Why doesn't she us? it any’more?
day for New York where he will be
stationed in the U. S. Army.
Mr.-. Fava Green is some
better S
some time on account of illness. l!
after being confined to heiv
New Auto Firm
Opens In City'
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
January 28 and 29
“One-Man Justice”
Starring CHARLES STARRETT
PROF. ROTHWFjjl, GRAHAM’S
pet avei-sion is mi.ssing a meal.
and RAKHARA WEEKS.
The dare-dexil hero of the range
country risks h.is heart as^welTas his
life in the most spectacular fight of
hi- exciting career!
MEASLES
By.the use of a special stain. Dr.
Jean Bi-oadhurst has made it possible
te i-ecQgtiize the presence of measles
virus three days before the patient
has ■ a I’ash. The discovery probably
will be found to be of greater scien
tific than pi-actical importance. Meas
les is a very
DR. DUDLEY JONFJ^ is one of the
stateliest men on the campus, and he
would make a splendid Shakespearian
actor. His hobby is biology, but he
teaches psychology. Said he learned
all the knows about biology after he
was 40, just to pi'ove that the fellow
who said you couldn’t learn anything
after that age didn’t know what he
was talking about.
«u»l. until iliH-tors have a lot more
, '‘^V^^^^^ltime, or health departments a much
ST.XLIJDN No. 12. Don t mis.H the . pt.|-i,opnel, it is doubtful wheth-
.\nd last, but not least, the busi
ness manager, JOHN HOLLAND
very common disease HUNTER, the joker and punster. He
has a big job, but he seenis to get a
final chapter—and to make it bigger,
The McMillan-Cooper Motor com
pany is the title of a new automo
bile firm just opened on West Main
street. The concern is headed by W. j
M. MoMillan and L. W. Cooper as
owners, and will hold the local agency 1
for Dodge -and Plymouth passenger!
cars and trucks. The ne'w models are*
now on display in their show-room, j
where they invite the public to call'
and inspect the outstanding *38 values, j * j
Messrs. McAfillan and Cooper for
several jrears have been engaged in
the automobile business in Clinton.
Until the opening of their new firm
both were connected with the Giles
(Thevrolet company and have a wide
lot of laughs’arid fun out of life. ^ inter-^ -
s. a s.
start a NEW SEKlAl
COAST (H ARD
BYRD. BELA LUtiOSI and MAXlNEi
DOYLE.
10 A. M. Show
er thi.s
he’s ever been* in a bad humor, we’vo
spiH-ial methoii of diagnosis 1
wiH be used frequently enough
ested in the announcement that they
have entered business in the city. i
,, ^ to
No. l.with RALPH
I For the present at least, whenever
jan epidemic of nu-aslas is going on,
SATLKD.W. safest thing is to keep children
10c and 20c I years of age away from
any other children that might pos-
sibh' he coming down with the dia-
ea.se. It is in the first < three years
of life than measles is dangerous to
life. If a child gats measles before
he is a year old his chances of dying
are thirty-four times greater than if
he gets it between five and fifteen.
Whenever a child less than four
years old is kno«rn to have been ex
posed to infection, he should receive
a dose of serum to prevent or modify
the attack. Your doctor should be
consulted immediately that you tua-
pect the exposure. He will know what
NEXT W«EK—
•THE SHEIK STEPS OUT.” “IT
HAPPENED IN HOLLY W<M)D”
“FIGHT TO A FINISH.” “RANtJE
DEFENDER.”
If these two write-ups haven’t in
cluded everybody, please let us know
and we’ll get you in the next issue.
An etiquet expert writes chat a
brkle shoula mark her linens with ini
tials—that is, if she wants to “make
her mark” in the social world.
LEGAL PAPERS
CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
PhoM 74
to give and when to give it.
Naturally, if your child comes down
with measles after he has been play
ing with the neighbor’s children, you
will le* the neighbor know at once
so that the necessary steps may be
taken to protect theni. Your h^th
department will help you to prevent
the disease from apreading farther.
Do not hesitate to ask theaL Hsat is
ANNUAL SUPPER FOR
THORNWELL CHAPTER
their job.
On Friday night at 7:30 o’clock th^
local chapter of Thorn well alumni and
friends will hold their annual meeting
in the McCall building on the orphan
age campus. Since this is the first
meeting of the now year, the presi
dent urges that all members make a
note of the date and plan to be
present. .All are urged to bring their
wives or husbands or a friend.
The speaker, for the occasion has
been chosen and is a local man whom
w® lore very dearly and his name will
be announced when the official no
tices are printed. «
\Aa osc^, the supper will be
charge of the domestic science de-
AN ANNOUNCEMENT
We take pleasure in announcing
to the public that we are now agents
in Clinton for —
Dodge and Plymouth
Passenger Cars and Trucks
NEW MODELS ON DISPLAY IN
OUR SHOWROOMS.
We Will be glad tp show yoii these
outstanding 1938 values.
IF INTERESTED IN A CAR —
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
McMillan-Cooper “ ‘
Company
w. M. McMillan — l. w. cooper
>Yest Main St. — Next; Door to Cooper-Chandler Garas^e
CLINTON, S. C.
BEL K’S
It
SALE!
Continues With Selected Values
For This Week.
Towels! Towels!
Extra heavy, extra large
Turkish Towels. Soft and
absorbent. Size 22x44.' 25e
values. While
last, each—
50 dozen
14c
Turkish Towels
Good size Turkish Towels,
white with colored borders.
10c values. Special, each—
5c
Limit 5 to a customer.
Soap Sale
For Three Days Oaly.
Camay .. 5c cake
3 for 14c
Limit 3 cakes to customer.
Octagon
3 cakes for 5c
Limit 3 cakes to customer.
Sale of
Remnants
Positively 3 days only.
1,000 yards Curtain Rem
nants, from 1 to 3 yard
lengths. Values to 15c yard.
Hurry ! Yard— -
ic
Dress Lengths
Beautiful new spring pat-
terns ip silk dre^ lengths
and 4 yards. $1.00
Extra Special.
of 3'/]
yd. values.
Length—
$1.97
Yard-wide, fast color, first
quality printed Percales.
Never before, never again.
While 2,000 yards last.
Yard—
5c
BitXMn Sale
For 3 days only.
Real 4-string Com Brooms,
25c values. Each—
loc
Positix'ely one to a custom
er. Hurry! Hurry!
Extra Special
Rayon Taffeta Slips, fancy
lace-trimmed. Adjustable
shoulder straps. Sizes 34 to
44. 79c xaluea. Wliile they
last—
44c
A Give-Away^ —
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